séfarades

\se.fa.ʁad\

/\se.fa.ʁad\/ adj

The verdict

“séfarades” is uncommon French (frequency #77,073 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,073
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de séfarade.

Key facts for séfarades
PropertyValue
Headwordséfarades
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\se.fa.ʁad\
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,073
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “séfarades” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). séfarades lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

séfarades is uncommon French at frequency #77,073 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.fa.ʁad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de séfarade.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for séfarades, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is séfarades, spelled S-É-F-A-R-A-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de séfarade.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "séfarades"?
"séfarades" is spelled S-É-F-A-R-A-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \se.fa.ʁad\.
What does "séfarades" mean?
As an adjective, "séfarades" means: Pluriel de séfarade.
How do you pronounce "séfarades"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séfarades" is \se.fa.ʁad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "séfarades" come from?
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Using “séfarades”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-É-F-A-R-A-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \se.fa.ʁad\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list